Radhanpur AH 1298 rupee
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This specimen was lot 722 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $204. The catalog description[1] noted, "RADHANPUR: Bismilla Khan, 1874-1895, AR rupee, Radhanpur, 1881//AH1298, also citing Queen Victoria on the reverse; small spot of weakness on each side (due to insufficient planchet thickness); one-year type, choice XF, R." Radhanpur was a princely state in the west of India near Baroda and Jhalawar. It is now part of Gujarat state. Its rulers were Muslims, hence the AH dating on the coins. This rupee was struck AH 1297-1298 and is rather scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 10.7-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.60 g.
Catalog reference: KM-29.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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